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Franz Beckenbauer dies at the age of 78

Former German player and coach Franz Beckenbauer He died this Sunday at the age of 78, his family reported on Monday.

Beckenbauer, “Kaiser”, considered the greatest legend of German football, he was a world champion as a player in in 1974, and as a coach in 1990he won the old European Cup three times with Bayern Munich and the European Championship with Germany.

In recent years, he was withdrawn from public life due to health problems, but also due to a scandal caused by alleged irregularities in his work in order to obtain Germany lin the headquarters World Cup 2006

“It is with deep pain that we announce that our father and my husband, Franz Beckenbauer, He passed away on Sunday, peacefully surrounded by his family. We pray that we can grieve in peace and skip all the questions,” his family reported.

Beckenbauer was ill, the doctors advised him not to go on long trips due to his health.

Documentary about Beckenbauer’s life

Just this Monday, the First German Television Network (ARD) was supposed to broadcast a new documentary about Beckenbauer’s life.

In addition to archival images, the documentary also includes statements from his former colleagues in Bayern, like Sepp Maier or Paul Breitner, and the German team ace Günter Netzer.

There are prominent people in German life who followed him as fans, such as the recently deceased former minister Finance Wolfgang Schäuble, former foreign minister Joschka Fischer or former interior minister Otto Schily.

His ex-wife Sybille Beckenbauer tShe is also interviewed in that documentary, as well as her former partner Diana Sandmand and her brother Walter Beckenbauer.

The former player, however, could not be interviewed for this documentary about his life.

Source: Panama America

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